TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE (Chapter 131) AMENDMENTS TO THE APPROVED TAI TONG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN NO. S/YL-TT/16 In the exercise of the power conferred by section 12(1)(b)(ii) of the Town Planning Ordinance (the Ordinance), the Chief Executive in Council (CE in C) on 9 July 2019 referred the approved Tai Tong Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) No. S/YL-TT/16 to the Town Planning Board (the Board) for amendment. The Board has made amendments to the Plan. The amendments are set out in the Schedule of Amendments. The descriptions of the areas affected by the amendments in the Schedule of Amendments are for general reference only. The exact locations of the areas affected by the amendments are more specifically shown on the draft Tai Tong OZP No. S/YL-TT/17. The draft Tai Tong OZP No. S/YL-TT/17 showing the amendments is exhibited under section 5 of the Ordinance for public inspection for a period of two months from 10 July 2020 to 10 September 2020 during normal office hours at the following locations:– (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, 15th Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong; (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counter, 17th Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong; (iii) the Planning Enquiry Counter, 14th Floor, Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin, New Territories; (iv) the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long West District Planning Office, 14th Floor, Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin, New Territories; (v) the Yuen Long District Office, Yuen Long District Office Building, 269 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, New Territories; (vi) the Ping Shan Rural Committee, 139-147 Yuen Long On Ning Road, Yuen Long, New Territories; and (vii) the Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee, 1 Yau Tin Road East, Yuen Long, New Territories. In accordance with section 6(1) of the Ordinance, any person may make representation to the Board in respect of any of the amendments. The representation should be made in writing to the Secretary, Town Planning Board, 15th Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong not later than 10 September 2020. – 2 – In accordance with section 6(2) of the Ordinance, a representation shall indicate:– (a) the particular matter in any of the amendments to which the representation relates; (b) the nature of and reasons for the representation; and (c) the amendments (if any) proposed to the draft plan. Any representation made to the Board will be available for public inspection under section 6(4) of the Ordinance until the CE in C has made a decision in respect of the draft plan in question under section 9 of the Ordinance. Any person who intends to make representation is advised to read the revised Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29B on “Submission and Publication of Representations, Comments on Representations and Further Representations under the Town Planning Ordinance” (TPB PG-No. 29B) promulgated in November 2018 and taking effect in 2019. Submission of representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29B. In particular, if the representer fails to provide full name and the first four alphanumeric characters of HKID card/passport number as required under TPB PG-No. 29B, the representation submitted shall be treated as not having been made. The Secretariat of the Board reserves the right to require the representer to provide identity proof for verification. The Guidelines and the submission form are available at locations (i) to (iii) above and the Board’s website (http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/). Copies of the draft Tai Tong OZP No. S/YL-TT/17 incorporating the amendments are available on payment of a fee at the Survey and Mapping Office, Map Publications Centre (Hong Kong), 23rd Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong, and the Survey and Mapping Office, Map Publications Centre (Kowloon), Ground Floor, 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon. The electronic version of the plan can be viewed at the Board’s website. Statement on Personal Data The personal data submitted to the Board in any representation will be used by the Secretary of the Board and Government departments for the following purposes:- (a) the verification of identity of the person making the representation (hereafter known as “representer”) and the authorized agent; (b) the processing of the representation which includes making available the name of the ‘representer’ for public inspection when making available the representation for public inspection; and (c) facilitating communication between the ‘representer’ and the Secretary of the Board/Government departments in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance and the relevant Town Planning Board Guidelines. – 2 – SCHEDULE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE APPROVED TAI TONG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN NO. S/YL-TT/16 MADE BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD UNDER THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE (Chapter 131) I. Amendments to Matters shown on the Plan Item A – Rezoning of a site to the east of Kiu Hing Road from “Other Specified Uses” annotated “Rural Use” (“OU(RU)”) and “Agriculture” to “Government, Institution or Community(1)” (“G/IC(1)”). Item B – Rezoning of a site to the east of Kiu Hing Road from “OU(RU)” to “Residential (Group D)” (“R(D)”). Item C – Rezoning of a site to the east of Pak Sha Shan Road from “OU(RU)” to “Village Type Development (1)” (“V(1)”). II. Amendments to the Notes of the Plan (a) Revision to the exemption clause for plot ratio calculation in the Remarks of the Notes for the “Residential (Group C)” (“R(C)”), “R(D)” and “OU(RU)” zones. (b) Revision to the planning intention of the Notes for the “V” zone to incorporate the planning intention of the “V(1)” sub-zone. (c) Replacement of ‘Asphalt Plant/Concrete Batching Plant’ under Column 2 of the “Open Storage” zone by ‘Concrete Batching Plant’. (d) Revision to the Remarks of the Notes for the “G/IC” zone to incorporate the “G/IC(1)” sub-zone. (e) Deletion of restriction on site coverage in the Remarks of the Notes for the “R(C)” and “OU(RU)” zones. (f) Incorporation of ‘Picnic Area’ as a Column 1 use under the Notes for the “Conservation Area” (“CA”) zone and corresponding deletion of ‘Picnic Area’ under Column 2 of the “CA” zone. (g) Deletion of ‘Market’ from Column 2 of the Notes for the “R(D)”, “V” and “OU(RU)” zones. – 2 – (h) Revision of ‘Shop and Services’ to ‘Shop and Services (not elsewhere specified)’ under Column 2 of the Notes for the “R(A)” and “G/IC” zones. (i) Revision to the Chinese translation of Remarks (b) of the Notes of the “R(D)” zone in accordance with the Master Schedule of Notes to Statutory Plans. (j) Revision to the Chinese translation of the user term ‘Flat’ from ‘分層樓 宇’ to ‘分層住宅’ in the Notes for the “R(C)”, “R(D)”, “V”, “G/IC”, “Recreation”, “OU(RU)” and “GB” zones. Town Planning Board 10 July 2020.